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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

comma

On 2/22/12, blah blah or On 2/22/12 blah blah

comma or no comma?
  

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Commas are not needed after introductory prepositional phrases, so the answer is "No comma". CJ

— CalifJim

  • Commas are not needed after introductory prepositional phrases, so the answer is "No comma".
  • CJ
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Commas are not needed after introductory prepositional phrases, so the answer is "No comma".

CJ
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Anonymouscomma or no comma?
The comma is optional after such brief introductory phrases. I would use it anyway for consistency.
CalifJimCommas are not needed after introductory prepositional phrases
Not even in this?

Over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries global life expectancy at b
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Aspara GusNot even in this?
I'd say optional. These are extreme examples.

Most of the time you have two or three words. In those cases, a comma is just an annoyance.
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